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Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton led the way in practice at the British Grand Prix before sprint qualifying later on Friday.The seven-time champion was 0.213 seconds quicker than championship leader Kimi Antonelli, with the second Ferrari of Charles Leclerc also heading the Italian’s Mercedes team-mate George Russell, winner in Austria last weekend.McLaren’s Oscar Piastri was fifth fastest, but 0.887secs off the pace, despite a spin at Becketts midway through the session.Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was sixth fastest, 0.980secs behind Hamilton and clearly struggling for grip, ahead of the second McLaren of Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar.Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg and Racing…
Chelsea are hoping a summer off for Cole Palmer will help him get back to his best after a poor 18 months of form. If you enjoy Talk Chelsea coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content. England face DR Congo this afternoon, with another tough physical battle of the sort we saw in their last two games against Ghana and Panama expected. If they win that, they’re rewarded with a scary trip to Mexico City, where they will be facing…
Timothy Bradley believes one man, who defeated a “monster” in his last fight, has earned the right to challenge Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian announced last week that he has vacated his WBC, IBF and WBA titles, while maintaining his status as the lineal heavyweight champion. Usyk earned this privilege by outpointing Tyson Fury in 2024 and, until he retires or loses a contest, no other man can truly claim to be the top dog at heavyweight. Even Usyk himself has admitted that the end is near, though, with the 39-year-old having insisted that he will be having just one more…
The BBC will be launching a special ‘Stay Up or Catch Up’ offer for its live coverage of England’s game against Mexico at the 2026 World Cup.The last-16 tie, which will kick off at 01:00 BST on Monday, will be broadcast exclusively live on BBC One and the BBC iPlayer, with presenter Kelly Cates joined by Wayne Rooney, Joe Hart and Micah Richards.In addition, there will also be a full no-spoiler re-run of the game on BBC Two from 07:10 BST, while a full re-run of the match will be available on demand from 06:00 BST on BBC iPlayer.There will…
The first two early rounds of the 2026/27 FA Cup, FA Trophy and the FA Vase have been revealed by the Football Association. On Friday afternoon, the Football Association revealed who got who with each clubs’ players, staff and fans up and down the nation excited with many new entrants featuring too. So without further ado, here it is below in the order of FA Cup, FA Trophy and FA Vase along with dates, and prize money for those who win and lose ties, just click on the BUTTONS below… FA CUP FA TROPHY FA VASE The draw for the…
Serie A runner-up Napoli officially appointed Massimiliano Allegri as its new head coach on Friday.The appointment had been expected for weeks after Antonio Conte confirmed at the end of May that he would leave Napoli, while AC Milan parted ways with Allegri following what the club described as “an unequivocal failure” of a season.Allegri has signed a three-year contract with Napoli.The 58-year-old led Milan to the Serie A title in 2011 during his first spell in charge of the Rossoneri. He later enjoyed a trophy-laden tenure at Juventus, winning five league titles and as many Italian Cup trophies.Allegri returned to…
Schmeling answered those doubts with the finest performance of his championship run, stopping durable American challenger Young Stribling in the 15th and final round before more than 35,000 fans at Cleveland’s newly opened Municipal Stadium. The bout was the first major sporting event held at the venue and later earned The Ring magazine’s Fight of the Year honors. The stakes were significant for both men. Schmeling was making the first defense of his NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles while trying to strengthen his claim as champion ahead of a possible rematch with Sharkey. Stribling, who entered with one of…
Ireland are without injured wings Tommy O’Brien, Shayne Bolton and Mack Hansen, while Jacob Stockdale is an option on the left wing for Farrell.In Lowe’s absence, the versatile Jamie Osborne has been handed the 11 jersey for Saturday’s opening Nations Championship game against Australia in Sydney (11:10 BST).Ireland will also face Japan and New Zealand in July as preparations continue towards the 2027 World Cup, which will be held in Australia.Farrell added that Lowe, who made his Ireland debut in 2020 after qualifying under the residency rule, is a “larger-than-life-character”.He added that it is “not my role” to be involved…
Good morning! It’s Lewis here on blog duty today, following another night of being too tired to watch quite as much of the World Cup as I’d have liked. There was a time that I’d have relished this schedule but that was long ago, with far fewer responsibilities and a sleeping pattern that wasn’t conducive to a particularly productive lifestyle! I did manage to watch Spain, and from early on it felt clear that they wouldn’t have any issues at all against Austria. They had a goal disallowed before scoring the opener and it was perhaps the softest ‘foul’ we’ve…
Terence Crawford insists he will not return to the ring and hasn’t received a serious offer to do so. Comeback talk has naturally followed the 38-year-old since he announced his retirement three months after dethroning super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez last September to put the icing on a cake baked with 42 victories, 31 KOs, world titles in five divisions, and zero defeats.“I’m happily retired, and I don’t see myself coming back,” Crawford told Ariel Helwani.“I’ve been approached on a couple of occasions about a couple of fights but it wasn’t a serious conversation; children’s talk.”Crawford doesn’t believe discussions he had…